The Curse
Atreyu
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1
Blood Children (An Introduction)
01 : 14
2
Bleeding Mascara
02 : 26
3
Right Side of the Bed
03 : 42
4
This Flesh a Tomb
03 : 59
5
You Eclipsed by Me
03 : 38
6
The Crimson
04 : 01
7
The Remembrance Ballad
04 : 27
8
An Interlude
02 : 09
9
Corseting
02 : 10
10
Demonology and Heartache
03 : 42
11
My Sanity on the Funeral Pyre
03 : 40
12
Nevada’s Grace
03 : 48
13
Five Vicodin Chased With a Shot of Clarity
04 : 26
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Track Lyrics
Right Side of the Bed Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I can see her now
Dancing around, her drink in hand
All her baggage in tow
I just want to forget and let go
Of all of the joy, the pain
I took your guilt and placed it into me
And now I kiss it goodbye
Our last dance ended fatally
[Chorus]
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard
Baby, you just died? (You just died)
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard?
[Verse 2]
There she goes again
Another masquerade in false circumstance
She'll fuck you just for the taste
I just wish that I could replace
All the memories of
What makes my blood run cold
And as your blood flows through me
I say goodbye to what we had
[Chorus]
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard
Baby, you just died? (You just died)
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard?
[Bridge 1]
She came and went
I gnawed through my lip
Makeup smeared in her eyes
Each sob's a reason to say goodbye
Sometimes when you're holding on
You'll never see the light
[Bridge 2]
With flowers in her hair
I gazed upon with dead lover's eyes
She never looked so good
And I never felt so right
With flowers in her hair
I gazed upon with dead lover's eyes
She never looked so good
And I never felt so right
I never felt so right
I never felt so right
[Guitar Solo]
[Refrain]
With flowers in her hair
I gazed upon with dead lover's eyes
She never looked so good
And I never felt so right
[Chorus]
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard
Baby, you just died? (You just died)
Who's sleeping on my side
Of the bed tonight?
Have you ever cried so hard?
Have you ever cried so hard...
[Outro]
You just died?
You Eclipsed by Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I began my ascent at minus zero
You made so sure of that
You tried to keep me down here
Your complacency has been your downfall
Nobody made you king of the world
And now I'm here to dethrone
So, kiss the ring, motherfucker
It's my time, my time to shine
Grasping for the straws as they fall
Maybe you make a splint
For your broken ego
For your broken ego
[Chorus]
And I say thank you for the scars
And the guilt and the pain
Every tear I've never cried
Has sealed your fucking fate
Did you take me for a fool
Or were you just too blind to see
That every effort made has failed
And there is no destroying me?
[Verse 2]
Hate can be a positive emotion
When it forces you to better yourself
You built me, constructed my desire
Perfected my hatred
Now I'm driven to be
Ten times better than you think you are
Ten times better
Than you think you are
[Chorus]
Piece by piece, I've built my walls
And burned the bridges down (Ooh)
That lead back to people like you
So full of malice, so full of scorn (Ooh)
You tried your best to crush my spirit
You tried to steal my soul (Ooh)
You pushed my back against the wall
And I broke it down
[Bridge]
I will not be broken
Though I am the one that bleeds
I will not be broken
I am the one
I will not be broken
Though I am the one that bleeds
I will not be broken
I am the one
I will not be broken
Though I am the one that bleeds
I will not be broken
I am the one
[Chorus]
And I say thank you for the scars
And the guilt and the pain
Every tear I've never cried
Has sealed your fucking fate
Did you take me for a fool
Or were you just too blind to see
That every effort made has failed
And there is no destroying me?
[Outro]
There is no destroying me
No, there is no destroying me
The Crimson Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I feel it welling up inside
And Robert Smith lied
Boys do cry
And with blood tears in my eyes
I'm an Anne Rice novel come to life
I can't hide the monster anymore
One can only feel desolate for so long
[Verse 2]
Until one starts to change
Into something the mirror doesn't recognize
I metamorphosize
The darkness has been biding its time
To claim its latest victim
Fresh meat for carnal desires
To become what I became
I viewed the sun for the last time
[Chorus]
Will you still hold me
When you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you
[Verse 3]
And it pulses through, the desire to change
To deconstruct all of my
All of my past failings
But where to begin?
Because when you live in sin
It's hard to look at saints
Without them reflecting
Your jet-black auras back on you
[Pre-Chorus]
And all I have is hope
My inner burn's not fading
I'll wipe the blood from my cheek
And get on with my day
[Chorus]
Will you still hold me
When you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you
[Bridge 1]
And all I have is hope, and all I need is time
To bury in pine under six feet of time
The lies I told me about myself
Claw my way out
Pick the splinters from under my fingernails
I won't lose hope, I won't give in
[Bridge 2]
Just live and breathe and try not to die again
Just live and breathe and try not to die again
Just live and breathe and try not to die again
I try not to die again
[Chorus]
Will you still hold me
When you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you
Will you still hold me
When you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same
When you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red
I feel it flowing from your lips
Crimson and red
My heart is dead and so are you
The Remembrance Ballad Lyrics
[Intro]
These days are closing in
The end has become apparent
We're only here for so long
Will anyone remember my name
When time has washed away
The dust of my ashes?
When my head rests
In a velvet-lined casket?
[Verse 1]
What's out there?
What is my eternal fate?
And it only just recently hit me
That this life is just a state
Mortality fading
Like the innocence of love
I'm scared to death
Of what's to become
[Pre-Chorus]
Of my immortal soul
Of this eternal flame
Will you remember?
Will your heart sing with pain?
[Chorus]
Who calls out my name? (My name)
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close
For the last time? (My eyes close)
Does it all simply end
In a blanket of darkness? (Does it end?)
And what of my soul?
What of my soul?
[Verse 2]
All those things that you couldn't say
You should've said (You should've said)
All those "I love you's" lost
Weighed more like lead on your chest (Lead on your chest)
All those things that you couldn't say
You should've said (You should've said)
All those "I love you's" lost
Weighed more like lead on your chest
What of?
[Pre-Chorus]
Of my immortal soul
Of this eternal flame
Will you remember?
Will your heart sing with pain?
[Chorus]
Who calls out my name? (My name)
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close
For the last time? (My eyes close)
Does it all simply end
In a blanket of darkness? (Does it end?)
And what of my soul?
What of my soul?
[Guitar solo]
[Bridge]
If I could take back
All those misspent days
Every second of anger
I would wash my sins away
[Chorus]
Who calls out my name? (My name)
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close
For the last time? (My eyes close)
Does it all simply end
In a blanket of darkness? (Does it end?)
And what of my soul?
What of my soul?
Who calls out my name? (My name)
Who can tell me what happens
When my eyes close
For the last time? (My eyes close)
Does it all simply end
In a blanket of darkness? (Does it end?)
And what of my soul?
What of my soul?
Corseting Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Just swallow the pill
And think of me no longer
Just let go and take yourself out
Before I, before I kill you, too
Aren't you tired of me fucking you
Fucking you over and over?
[Verse 2]
You were the last person
I wanted in my sights
And my heart honestly breaks when I think of you
I understand now what "I love you" means
It's doing the right thing
No matter of the consequence
[Chorus]
I'm tying you up
Using the nicest lace
Trying to kill you softly
Trying to erase your face
[Verse 3]
All the while, I'm doing my best not to
Rub my love against your head
I'd redecorate the walls with your inner thoughts
But I'm afraid it's the wrong shade of red
But I have these sadistic urges
And I don't want to take them out on you
[Chorus]
I'm tying you up
Using the nicest lace
Trying to kill you softly
Trying to erase your face
[Outro]
Right now, you're the only one
Who understands my plight
Right now, you're the only reason
I can't sleep through the night
Demonology and Heartache Lyrics
[Verse 1]
So unaffectionate, so insecure
You claim to know a thing or two about heartache
And what it's like to have your insides pulled out
And I believe you
I see it every time your pallbearer's pallor
Is obscured by the darkness (The darkness)
Dancing across your face (Across your face)
And when the blackness veils your eyes in pain
[Verse 2]
I know what it's like
When memories make you wince
And love letters read like obituaries
And photo albums are the books of the dead
I need no reminders (No more reminders)
I'll forget the past and lay it to rest
[Chorus]
If I had my way, I'd cut
The calluses off your
Off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds
With every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hands
The reason it still beats
[Interlude: Spoken]
Am I being too cryptic?
Am I being too obscure?
Am I being too cryptic?
Am I being too obscure?
[Bridge]
Love kills, romance is dead
And I don't even trust myself, but I love you
And you can pull my wings apart
And pin me down under glass
Until the end of days
If it can help you discover
That we share the same pain
I just hope you write your thesis before
Your subject is dead
No life after death
[Chorus]
If I had my way, I'd cut
The calluses off your
Off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds
With every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hands
The reason it still beats
[Outro]
If I had my way, I'd cut
The calluses off your
Off your breaking heart
If I could get past the sternum
Cauterize those wounds
With every kiss I could give to you
I'm holding your heart in my hands
The reason it still beats
My Sanity on the Funeral Pyre Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Paranoia is the insect worming its way
Through my subconscious thoughts
It's the larva of my self-doubt
Gestating in my heart as I spiral down
And everything I touch is breaking
And it falls to earth in splinters
And I shiver as every splinter
Finds its way underneath my skin
And after 22 years, I can still make my skin crawl
Every shortcoming's a pitfall
[Pre-Chorus]
On my way
To making amends
Within myself to be
To be what I became
[Chorus]
Sometimes, it feels like the whole wide world
Has made itself my enemy
But I will stand upon my own two feet
And raise, raise my head up
[Verse 2]
I lick my wounds
Trying to cleanse the infection
Rabid and diseased
Reality fades away
When I pushed myself too far
A dream of emotional perfection
Has left a wounded heart
Trying to perceive the gifts inherent inside me
It's like squeezing the trigger
It's like opening fire
[Pre-Chorus]
On everyone
Who's let me down
On every beautiful lie that is
That is only fiction
[Chorus]
Sometimes, it feels like the whole wide world
Has made itself my enemy
But I will stand upon my own two feet
And raise, raise my head up
[Bridge]
For the first time
I'm losing control and I like it
Freedom feels like the noose is gone
For the first time
I'm losing control and I like it
Freedom feels like the noose is gone
[Guitar Solo Outro]